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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Can finally cross this one off my list! & got 2 extra lids in case another bottom part happens along. I bought this weeks ago, at the end of May when I went to Ohio.

Some
other Pyrex finds this week, probably bought out of desperation or
"empty hand syndrome". I don't even think the 471 I'm not very educated
on (I am guessing Homestead & didn't come with a clear lid?), but
the size comes in handy for me a lot, so I decided home it comes. The
024 turquoise, well, it had obviously been discarded by someone else..
utensil marks, a couple of see through parts.. no lid.

I
found 3 bags of McDonald's promo crap - they also had a couple more,
one with floss & Pizza shoelaces. My favorite is the wrapping paper,
Christmas cards & the puffy stickers. I listed some of the
McDonalds stuff on eBay. I'm not sure if this was just a Canadian thing, but I remember going to McDonalds & you ask for "Treat of the Week" & it was just some random junk that made the kids happy that was free - stuff like the stuff below. No one I talk to remembers it.

My
favourite find this week is below.. two very good condition Hole
t-shirts from 1994. I very seldom look through the t-shirts at the
thrifts because they are vintage picked, but I guess they do miss some,
but generally, it isn't worth my time. When I was picking up my new in
box Friendship Pyrex this Monday, I had moments to spare at the thrift
store by the guys house, so I headed for the tees. As I was getting to
the end of the rack, I was smirking inside thinking, "figures, vintage
picked, as always!" Couple shirts down - this very shirt I need for my
Hole t-shirt collection! I owned one in the 1990's, bought for $9 at
Giant Tiger (a discount store). I was psyched! I haven't bought a Hole
shirt at a thrift in 13 years, but, I did stop looking at tees a couple
years ago. About 15 shirts down, another one! What are the odds!? Hole
is hands down my all time favourite band, my originally pressed Hole CD
collection is around 100 discs. Besides my coin collection (which only a
few special ones remain, I sold off the bulk of it a few years ago),
this is my oldest collection.

WWF glasses.

I'm
listing some stuff on eBay in the next couple days. I listed the Boy
Scout patches I got extra in a bag, I made about $40. I am listing some
of the McDonald's stuff (including one package of wrapping paper, some
window clings, treats of the week, puffy stickers), X-Files tee, Primus
tee, Bud Light fabric (LOL). Just a nice mixture.

This upcoming
week, I don't know if I'll get out much. Monday is 50% off day at Value
Village & Tazlie. The Goodwill by my house is baron, it's closing
down in early July. I am going away Thursday. But I did forget to take
pictures of a two small things I bought, so, at least I'll have
something to show next week.

If I have the time, I always browse through the t-shirts hoping for vintage scores. I have been lucky exactly 3 times. Once I found a Guns n Roses Use Your Illusions concert t-shirt from 1992. There was a dealer behind me frantically trying to keep up and when I pulled it off the rack he was so pissed! He actually had the nerve to tell me that the shirt was too small for me. Uh, no. It fits like a glove. I also found an old Arizona Wildcats t-shirt (we are huge fans) and just yesterday found a vintage GI Joe t-shirt from Goodwill. It fits me too! I love those Hole t-shirts. They are awfully sweet looking for something that came from the mind of Courtney Love:-)

Good job on the Hole t-shirts!! Yes, its very hard to find vintage tshirts anymore, especially genuine vintage rock shirts.

Somewhere in my piles of crap I have a Grimace hand puppet. Its just 2 pieces of thin plastic heat sealed together with a Grimace graphic on it that I probably got in a Happy Meal? It was a long time ago. I should drag it out and check Ebay...

I am always on the look out for vintage T's for my boys and have yet to find any in my thrifting adventures. They are hard to come by. Great find and how lucky that it was your favorite band! It was meant to be!

I wish I knew how to put a sound clip on my comment because I would be singing some Hole for you right now! I think the Treat of the Week at McDonald's is a Canadian thing. I remember wanting the toy from the happy meal but my Mom wouldn't always let me have McDonalds so she would just go up and buy me the damn toy. But free Treat of the Week? I would have been in heaven.

LOL, I remember those plan to get out alive posters/books. My Dad was the fire safety officer in our home town. He'd give them out to the elementry school kids. The kids who won the colouring contest would get picked up from school and a trip to McD's on the fire truck for a Happy Meal lunch.

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About Me

I'm a 27 year old male thrifting enthusiast living in the large city of Toronto, Ontario!
I'm a collector of Pyrex, vintage stationery, salt & pepper shakers, 1980's & early 1990's pop culture memorabilia & anything else exciting I come across along the way.
I'm also in the process of "shedding for the wedding" - goal is to lose 40 pounds.